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Subject: Re: MUA elitism
From: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>
Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 10:06:44 -0700
To: J C Lawrence <claw @ kanga . nu>
Cc: Nick Simicich <njs @ scifi . squawk . com>,<list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <31857.1026059952@kanga.nu>
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On 7/7/02 9:39 AM, "J C Lawrence" <claw@kanga.nu> wrote:

> and use of web bugs in HTML email for
> post-tracking/privacy_invasion.

> Properly tagging
> and stripping references to non-message hosted content in HTML email
> without also crippling/stripping the actually useful aspects of HTML
> email however is a bitch.

No, it's not possible. Trust me on that.

The REAL answer is twofold.

Part one is: users need to push vendors to allow them to opt-out of these
types of systems. You should be able to request to not be tracked.

Part two is: so few users care about this stuff (1-2%, maybe) that vendors
generally don't feel the need to build it.



-- 
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
chuqui@plaidworks.com -- http://www.chuqui.com/

No! No! Dead girl, OFF the table! -- Shrek





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